TIDAL GRACE SWIMWEAR

A SWIMWEAR COLLECTION I DESIGNED IN ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FOR FASHION SCHOOL - SIX PIECES, NEVER SEWN.

This was a class project — we each had to design a full collection in Illustrator, and I picked swimwear. I liked the idea of figuring out how a print or a seam line would actually sit on a body in the water, even though none of these ever got cut and sewn.

The six pieces move loosely from swim into resort wear — a one-piece into a cover-up, a bikini into a romper, that kind of thing. The fabric in the renders is a marbled blue-green I kept circling back to — past that, it's mostly me working out shapes and proportions rather than committing to one print across the whole line.

  • After Stilettos Midnight Tide swim-to-resort design flat illustration showing a sculptural one-piece silhouette with deep tonal contrast and controlled drape with a layered dress and criss cross neckline.

    MIDNIGHT TIDE

    The opening piece — a one-piece that works as a cover-up too, swim into lunch.

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  • After Stilettos Crosscurrent swim-to-resort design flat illustration showing an architectural swimsuit with cut-out silhouette and intersecting strap construction with a shorts suit.

    CROSSCURRENT

    A swimsuit with crossing straps — I was playing with how the lines intersect across the body.

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  • After Stilettos Stillwater swim-to-resort design flat illustration showing a structured bikini with clean proportion lines and refined dress.

    STILLWATER

    Bikini into a dress, swim into resort — working out proportion between the two.

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  • After Stilettos Ebb & Lace one piece swim-to-resort design flat illustration with ruffles neckline and tie up knee length sarong

    EBB & LACE

    One-shoulder swimsuit with a wrap skirt — softer and more draped than the others.

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  • After Stilettos Seafoam Hour swim-to-resort design flat illustration showing a fluid resort silhouette with soft volume and relaxed coastal proportion

    SEAFOAM HOUR

    A more relaxed bikini-and-cover-up set — looser fit than the rest of the collection.

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  • After Stilettos After the Tide swim-to-resort design flat illustration showing a transitional swim-to-cover silhouette with structured ease and resort-ready layering

    AFTER THE TIDE

    The closing piece — bikini under a cropped jacket and trousers, the most resort-leaning of the six.

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BEHIND THE BRAND

I designed this collection in an Adobe Illustrator class at Fashion Institute of Florida — picked swimwear because I wanted to work out how prints and seams would actually sit on a moving body, not just look good flat.

More on my return to fashion school and what the program actually covered.

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